Humankind's need to feel superior to others

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I imagine that some people who read the title will at first want to disagree with my observation. I know I would. But then there are the times when I catch myself taking solace in another's shortcomings. At these moments I feel extraordinarily guilty, but none-the-less, for a few moments I reveled in my superiority over another human. Whether it be athletics or a social setting (such as being considered "cool" or even funnier than another).However, as I grow older, I feel more grateful for my amount of fortune rather than superior.

Will mankind ever be able to break away from such an insidious disorder?

Why is there an intial desire to feel more powerful than someone else?

In the process of writing this, I think I have started to answer my own questions (peculiar how that happens isn't it?). I'll try and breakdown my conclusions so anyone out there can help steer me in a better direction if one exists.

1. Humans have desires
2. Some of these desires have only finite resources which can satisify them (such as sex with a beautiful woman. There are only so many)
3. Competition is therefore created.
4. Power is created out of competition. (If I have a Ferrari and the girl likes Ferrari's, I now have an edge or "power" over you in our competition)

Conclusion? Because we all can't have everything we want, some of us have to suffer. So I suppose the only way to make the world a perfect place is to somehow give everyone everthing they have ever wanted. But that's not possible.

Input from fellow critical thinkers??